essay
Child training and the Chinese family
Studies in Chinese society • Stanford, Calif. • Published In 1978 • Pages: 225-246, 360
By: Wolf, Margery.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is an analysis of socialzation and child-rearing practices as observed by the author in a village which she calls 'Peihotien'. Wolf considers differences in practices and in the treatment and expectations of children by their parents according to the sex of the child. Changes in a woman's status and position within the family effected by the birth of a child are also discussed.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Regulation of marriage
- Household
- Family relationships
- Adoption
- Kin relationships
- Avuncular and nepotic relatives
- Parents-in-law and children-in-law
- Siblings-in-law
- Child care
- Techniques of socialization
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Taiwan Hokkien
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1995
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- East Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- M. A. Marcus
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1959-1961
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- ca. 1960
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- 'Peihotien' village (pseudonym, p. 222), Taipei hsien, Hai-shan region, Taiwan
- NotesAdditional notes
- Margery Wolf
- Includes bibliography
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Taiwanese